2016 Budapest, Hungary 53rd European Bridge Team Championships 16th to 25th June 2016

Editor : Co-Editors : Jos Jacobs, Journalists : , John Carruthers, Dániel Gulyás, Christina Lund-Madsen,ndd--M Ram Soff er, Ron Tacchi Lay-out Editor & Photographer : Francesca Canali ALLALL GOGO AATT GGROUPAMAROUPAMA

ISSUE No. 5 MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

CLICK TO NAVIGATE Matches today p. 2 The race for Lyon 2017 is in full swing as all three Championships are now Championship Diary underway. Mark Horton, p. 4 In the Open Championship, France consolidated its position at the top of the table and Adventures with Ottlik they have a handy lead over Germany, who in turn are well clear of third placed Sweden. Mark Horton, p. 5 News from round and about After day one of the Women's Championship, Israel has stormed into the lead , p. 6 ahead of Turkey and England. Germany vs Ireland In the Senior's Championship, things are very tight at the top, with Italy, Denmark Jos Jacobs, p. 7 and Israel being the early leaders. Russia vs Finland David Bird, p. 10 VERY IMPORTANT: ONLY AUTHORIZED STAFF Iceland vs Norway ALLOWED ON THE 3RD FLOOR DURING PLAYING SESSIONS! Jos Jacobs, p. 13 A bid too far TIME TABLE AND BBO SCHEDULE TODAY Mark Horton, p. 15 10.00: 13.20: 16.00: 18.40: Meet the Monaco Team O/W/S Teams O/W/S Teams O/W/S Teams O Teams p. 16 BBO: BBO: BBO: BBO: Houdini FIN - ISR (O) TUR - ITA (O) HUN - IRE (O) GER - NED (O) Mark Horton, p. 17 POL - BEL (O) ICE - ISR (O) POL - FRA (W) FRA - ISR (O) No happy ending... FRA -POL (S) FIN - DEN (O) FIN - NOR (O) POL - ENG (O) Jan van Cleeff, p. 21 SWE - DEN (S) EST - ENG (O) NOR - POL (S) SWE - BUL (O) England vs Monaco NED - CRO (O) ENG - ITA (S) ITA - FRA (S) NOR - SPA (O) Ram Soffer, p. 22 HUN - BUL (O) HUN - MON (O) ISR - HUN (W) HUN - CRO (O) Rosters & Results p. 29 ON SITE VG + BBO BBO ONLY VOICE + BBO 53RD EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Budapest, Hungary MATCHES TODAY

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CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY by Mark Horton

Maureen Hiron, games inventor extraordinaire has written to tell us that Erno Rubik didn't invent the Rubiks Cube. She has seen that described in a book of Victorian puzzles of 1892. But this was a sort of stick and band contraption that unravelled if turned too much. What Erno invented was the mechanism by which the thing could be turned ad infinitum. She's seen his patent in the patent office - whilst she was researching her best selling game Continuo. Erno came to see her in the World Games Fair in Nuremberg back in 1983 when she was just launching Continuo Seres(s) is a common Hungarian (Hungarian- worldwide and he begged a Jewish) name, I'm sure you know Rezso-Seress, who signed Continuo from her! composed the famous song "Szomorú vasárnap– Gloomy Sunday". Groupama Arena, the multi- By the way, Seres can be interpreted as a man who purpose stadium and venue for the Championships is likes beer or who has beer! the third home of Ferencváros. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators in UEFA matches and 23,700 in There is general agreement that the venue for these Hungarian League matches. Ferencváros have been Championships is outstanding - indeed many observers the most successful club in the history of Hungarian are suggesting they may be the best ever. For example, football winning, 28 Hungarian League titles, the air-conditioned Bulletin Room boasts its own his and 21Hungarian Cup titles and 2 Hungarian League Cup hers washrooms, a coffee machine, and a Eurocave! titles. As the Women's and Senior Károly Kelen (npc of the Championships are now under Hungarian Woman Team, way, we can finally say the and Hungarian translator of Championships are in full swing. Adventures in Card Play with In the Open Series I am pleased Géza Hommonay) points out to see that France is living up that Geza Ottik interpreted The to my prediction in Bridge Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Magazine that they will be strong Hemingway into Hungarian (and contenders. It is also great to see she would like to say, it's better Italy performing well at this level. than the original short story...) With so many powerful teams Plus Tim Seres (aka: Seres taking part it is easy to see why Tamás) was born in Budapest many observers consider the 1925, and learnt bridge during European Championships to be World War II in a cellar when the toughest tournament in bridge Russian planes bombed the town... - including the .

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ADVENTURES WITH OTTLIK by Mark Horton

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY'S PROBLEM

Dealer West [ Q J 10 8 2 [ A 3 [ K ] 6 2 ] K J 10 8 5 ] Q 9 7 4 3 { A 3 { Q 10 6 { K J 9 5 } K 9 8 3 } A Q 6 } J 7 5 [ A 3 [ K ] K J 10 8 5 ] Q 9 7 4 3 West North East South { Q 10 6 { K J 9 5 1] 1[ 2] 3[ } A Q 6 } J 7 5 4] All Pass [ 9 7 6 5 4 ] A Play Instructions: { 8 7 4 2 Against 4] by West, North leads {A, {3. } 10 4 2 Over to you. You cannot prevent a diamond by North if South has the blank ace of hearts. But you can force him to ??? give back the stolen trick through an , if you play the spade ace and ruff a spade before leading trumps. When South wins the ]A he can either lead a club and give up on the diamond ruff, or give his partner the ruff and simultaneously endplay him.

NEW PROBLEM

Dealer South.E/W Vul.

[ Q 9 6 [ A 7 ] K Q 10 2 ] J 9 5 { Q 4 { K J 10 9 3 } K 9 6 4 } Q 10 7

West North East South — — — 1{ Dble Pass Pass Rdbl Pass 1[ Pass Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Play Instructions: 3NT by West. N/S play and a weak no-.

North to lead [4.

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NEWS FROM ROUND AND ABOUT by Barry Rigal

When England played Latvia in round six, the match Both English pairs did extremely well here. Forrester score was virtually level with two deals to go. These and Robson reached 3NTx by East and ended with an were the two deals. overtrick after South decided it would be a good mo- ment for [Q spade lead. (Had declarer held two small 31. Dealer South. N/S Vul. spades instead of [Jx he might have been right.) [ 6 4 ] A 10 9 In the other room the auction was: { A J 7 6 2 } 1 100 3 2 West North East South [ 10 9 8 [ A K 7 2 Pass Pass 1} Dbl. ] 7 4 3 2 ] K Q 8 6 5 1NT 2} 3NT All Pass { K Q 4 3 { 5 } 9 8 } A K 5 Justin Hackett, having shown a shapely but limited [ Q J 5 3 take-out hand with his 2} call, led a low spade, and I ] J think Jason Hackett did very well to put in the eight, { 10 9 8 forcing the ten. When declarer ran the clubs and led } Q J 7 6 4 a heart up the defenders had arranged to keep their When Forrester declared 4] as East he had persuaded red aces and all their spades. Jason could shift to [Q, South that it would be a good idea to lead trumps, to stop pinning the jack, and defeat the contract by one trick, spade ruffs in dummy. Alas for the defender, that gave for a 14 IMP swing. declarer the second to dummy to lead trumps twice from dummy, while pitching one spade loser on the esta- blished diamond and ruffing the club loser in dummy. At the other table Jason Hackett found one of the two leads to defeat 4], a top club. (A diamond lead also works.) Declarer could set up a diamond before ruffing his club loser, but the defenders could still collect two trumps and a trick in each pointed suit. The play after a top spade lead is rather charming. Declarer wins and ruffs his club loser in dummy, leads a trump to his hand, then takes the second top spade before exiting in diamonds. North can win and then has the choice of giving an entry to dummy for a second trump play, or leading ace and another heart to let de- clarer concede just one more trick in spades. Board 32. Dealer West. E/W Vul. [ A 7 5 3 ] 8 5 4 3 { Q 10 7 4 } 7 [ K 10 4 [ J 2 ] Q 10 7 ] K J 6 { K 9 8 2 { 6 } J 10 6 } A K Q 9 5 4 3 [ Q 9 8 6 ] A 9 2 { A J 5 3 } 8 2

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GERMANY VS IRELAND by Jos Jacobs

Open Teams, Round 8

Before this match, Ireland were in 6th place in the rankings, just enough to qualify for the Bermuda Bowl. They had started the day in 2nd place but a big defeat at the hands of proud leaders Finland in the first match of the day had seen them dropping out of the first six for the time being. So they would like to make up some more of the ground they had lost earlier in the day. Germany, on the other hand, after a first day of mixed fortunes, had been able to steady the ship on the second day, but had not yet been able to reach the first six. So for them as well, a good win would be very helpful. The set of boards for this match was quiet in general with a few remarkable exceptions. This was one of them: Hugh McGann IRELAND Board 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ Q J 2 In the other room, the auction suddenly exploded: ] Q 7 4 { J 5 2 Closed Room } 6 5 4 2 West North East South [ 10 7 5 [ 8 6 4 Carroll Linde Garvey Schwerdt ] J 2 ] K 5 1} 1] { Q 6 { A 10 7 4 3 3} Pass 3NT 4} } K Q J 10 9 7 } A 8 3 4NT 5] Pass Pass [ A K 9 3 Dble All Pass ] A 10 9 8 6 3 { K 9 8 3NT would have been a good “advanced ” } — against 4] but South would have nothing of it and simply showed his enormous strength. West went In the Open Room, we saw a good, natural auction. on to sacrifice in no-trumps but North then closed the auction with a well-judged 5] raise – or so he Open Room thought, as it was West who had the last word. West North East South Even on the {Q lead, 5} can be made, as declarer Rehder Hanlon Gromöller McGann can win the king and play four rounds of spades for 1NT 2{* a diamond discard from dummy. Either defender can 2NT Pass 3} 3] ruff but at the cost of their natural trump trick only – Pass 4] All Pass on a double-dummy basis if it’s West who ruffs. At the table, West led a low trump which declarer After East’s 11-14 NT, South showed his one-suiter successfully ran to his hand, winning his ace when and West used to show his clubs. South East played the king. The other trumps were drawn was strong enough to bid again and North had an and four rounds of spades followed, declarer shedding easy raise. 4] just made, Ireland +620. a diamond from dummy and then conceding two diamond tricks. Just made, Germany +850 and 6 IMPs.

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The score had gone up to 7-1 when board 23 arrived: Board 29. Dealer North. All Vul. [ A 8 6 Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. ] A J 9 8 7 2 [ K Q 10 7 { 6 ] K 8 4 } A 5 4 { K J 5 2 [ Q 7 5 4 2 [ 10 9 3 } Q 6 ] 4 ] Q 10 5 [ 5 [ A 8 { A J 3 { K Q 10 9 7 5 2 ] 6 ] J 10 9 5 } K Q 3 2 } — { Q 10 7 4 { A 9 6 3 [ K J } K 10 8 7 5 3 2 } A J 4 ] K 6 3 [ J 9 6 4 3 2 { 8 4 ] A Q 7 3 2 } J 10 9 8 7 6 { 8 } 9 Open Room West North East South In the Open Room, Rehder, West for Germany, did not Rehder Hanlon Gromöller McGann take his first opportunity to bid with a 4711 distribution: 1] Pass 2] 2[ 3} 3{ 4] Open Room 4[ Dble All Pass West North East South Rehder Hanlon Gromöller McGann Gromöller did not show his diamonds at his first Pass opportunity but after his 3{ fit-bid, Rehder knew Pass 1NT Pass 2]* enough to sacrifice in 4[ all by himself. With 4] by 3} Pass 3NT 4] North an easy make, 4[ down two, +500 to Ireland, Pass 4[ 4NT Pass looked the par result on the board. Pass Dble Pass Pass In the other room, the auction was much shorter: 5} Pass Pass Dble All Pass Closed Room West North East South Not surprisingly, Gromöller had a lot to say once he Carroll Linde Garvey Schwerdt heard his partner’s 3} . 3NT was quite OK 1] 3{ 3] but 4NT was not quite. However, when North came 5{ Dble All Pass to the rescue with a double, West got a second chance to retreat to the unbeatable club game. Solving the Garvey jumped to 3{ at his first turn to speak, diamond problem was easy enough in view of North’s so the Irish had found their sacrifice without much 1NT opening bid. Germany +750. ado, thus giving nothing away to the defenders. This In the other room, West kept silent throughout so proved an enormous advantage, as we shall see. this was the auction: South correctly led a trump which dummy won with the ace. A heart came next. Now, best defence for Closed Room North is to play low but rising with the ace, as North West North East South did at the table, would still leave all the possibilities Carroll Linde Garvey Schwerdt open. A low spade now would lead to a quick down Pass two for no swing but North, after a long huddle, Pass 1{ Pass 1[ chose to cash his [A on which South played the Pass 2[ Pass 4[ jack, not surprisingly. Trying to make life easy for All Pass his partner, North next played the }A to ensure the defeat of the contract. This, however, was not to In 4[, the bad heart break was irrelevant so be. Declarer ruffed, ruffed a heart, threw two spades Germany scored game in this room as well. Their on the }KQ, ruffed a spade in hand and his last +620 in this room brought them a 16-IMP gain. heart in dummy and now had only trumps left for an The score had reached 31-1 when another flat- incredible +750 and a much needed 15-IMP gain to looking board arrived: Ireland.

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On the next board, we saw another defensive accident:

Board 30. Dealer East. None Vul. [ 10 7 6 5 2 ] 9 6 5 4 { 6 } A J 3 [ 8 3 [ Q J ] J 2 ] K Q 3 { A Q J 10 9 5 3 { K 8 7 4 2 } K 4 } Q 8 2 [ A K 9 4 ] A 10 8 7 { — } 10 9 7 6 5

Open Room West North East South Michael Gromöller Rehder Hanlon Gromöller McGann GERMANY 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass At this table, too, South led his two top spades, North Opposite East’s 11-14 NT, the raise to game was contributing the seven and the two (showing an odd an “automatic” gamble. It was not a success, however, number) and declarer the queen and the jack. South when the defence cashed five spades and two aces for continued the ]A, partner playing a discouraging nine down three. Ireland +150. that might well have suggested spades, and continued It should have been a flat board, however, as the the suit rather than spades…Ireland a shock +400 Irish reached the same contract, albeit in a more and 11 more IMPs. scientific way: This way, the final result became 34-27 or 12.03 – 7.97 V.P. to Germany, an outcome that would make Closed Room neither team very happy, one assumes. West North East South Carroll Linde Garvey Schwerdt []{} 1} Pass 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass

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RUSSIA VS FINLAND by David Bird

Open Teams, Round 9

I was looking forward to my first view of Finland, who were leading the field and unbeaten in the first eight matches. This was a difficult protective bidding situation to assess:

Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. On this 4[ contract, the commentators were asking [ K 10 9 5 4 the question ‘What if...?’ ] K J 3 { K Q 8 Board 4. Dealer West. Both Vul. } 8 5 [ Q J 8 7 3 [ 6 [ A 8 7 ] A Q ] 9 8 6 4 2 ] A 10 { K J 10 6 { A 5 { 10 9 6 4 } A 4 } K Q 7 4 2 } A J 10 9 [ K 10 [ A 6 [ Q J 3 2 ] 7 5 ] J 10 9 6 4 3 ] Q 7 5 { A 9 3 2 { 5 4 { J 7 3 2 } 8 6 5 3 2 } J 10 9 } 6 3 [ 9 5 4 2 ] K 8 2 Open Room { Q 8 7 West North East South } K Q 7 Nyberg Prokhorov Leskela Orlov — — — Pass Open Room Pass 1[ Pass 2[ West North East South Dble Pass 3} 3[ Nyberg Prokhorov Leskela Orlov 4} Pass ? Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 4[ All Pass West was a passed hand and East’s 3} seems normal to me though if 2NT showed the minors it would be Leskela led the }J and it was an easy matter for the obvious action. The question is: should he think declarer to draw trumps and concede one diamond again when partner competes to 4}? South’s 3[ bid trick. ‘Yes, but what if East leads the {5 and West (along with West’s double on a passed hand) strongly ducks the first round?’ suggests that West has only one spade. East has only If declarer simply wins the diamond and plays a one heart loser and can hope that the trump suit will trump, East will rise with the [A and cross to the be good. What are the chances of there being only {A for a diamond ruff. The [K will be the setting one diamond loser? Leskela elected to pass 4} and trick. Instead, declarer must attempt to throw two of 11 tricks were made. In the Closed Room: his remaining diamonds. He unblocks the ]A-Q and plays the }A and }K, As the cards lie, he must now West North East South guess to play the }Q first, ditching a diamond. When Khazanov Koistinen Lebedev Fagerlund he plays the ]K, West has no riposte. If he ruffs with — — — Pass the [10, declarer will overruff and play a trump, 2] 2[ 2NT Pass losing only two trump tricks. If instead West ruffs with 3} Pass 5} All Pass the [K, declarer will ditch another diamond. After ace and a low diamond, he can either ruff with the [8 It was easy enough to bid game when West showed or ruff with the [J and then guess to play the [Q. a heart/minor two-suiter. That was 10 IMPs to Russia. At the other table East led the ]J for a +620 push.

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This was a splendid bidding board: The bidding had an untidy look on this deal:

Board 7. Dealer South. Both Vul. Board 11. Dealer South. Neither Vul. [ A K 10 6 5 3 2 [ K J 10 7 ] 8 ] Q 10 5 3 { Q 7 { A J 4 } K J 10 } 8 5 [ — [ J 9 7 4 [ A 6 [ 9 8 5 4 2 ] A J 10 9 3 2 ] Q 7 4 ] J 9 7 2 ] A K 8 6 4 { K J 10 4 3 { A 9 5 2 { K 10 7 3 { 6 } 4 2 } A 8 } K 9 6 } Q J [ Q 8 [ Q 3 ] K 6 5 ] — { 8 6 { Q 9 8 5 2 } Q 9 7 6 5 3 } A 10 7 4 3 2

Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Nyberg Prokhorov Leskela Orlov Nyberg Prokhorov Leskela Orlov — — — Pass — — — Pass 1] 4[ Dble Pass 1{ Dble 1[ 2} 5{ Pass 6{ All Pass Pass Pass 2] 3[ Dble 3NT Pass 4} Would you have bid 1[ or 4[ on those North Pass Pass Dble All Pass cards? Prohorov opted for 4[. When Nyberg chose to play at the five-level opposite his double, Leskela South might have bid 3} at his first turn and was clearly had high hopes of a spade opposite. His limited worth another move over 2]. I thought he might try number of honor cards were shining brightly and he 2NT, to show the diamonds, or a simple 3}. His actual found a magnificent raise to 6{. 3[ surprised all present. Whatever it was intended to A club lead would have put declarer to a diamond mean, how could it be consistent with his previous 2}? guess. When North led a top spade instead, declarer Prokhorov may have raised an eyebrow or two, but ruffed, crossed to the {A and finessed the {J (since he hoped for the best (with his balanced 12-count North had shown long spades). The lost but a facing a passed hand) and bid 3NT. East did not subsequent heart finesse landed the slam. Only five double this but when South corrected to 4}, he did E/W pairs out of 36 bid and made a slam. double. However unconvincing the auction may seem, At the other table: does East really have a penalty double of 4}? South’s 3[ must indicate some sort of freak and East has no West North East South surprises for declarer. Khazanov Koistinen Lebedev Fagerlund Nyberg led the [A, despite the 3NT bid over him. — — — Pass Declarer ruffed the heart switch and played ace and 1] 1[ 2[ Pass another trump. East won and switched to a diamond, 4] All Pass declarer winning in dummy and ditching diamonds on the spades. That was +510. North’s 1[ overcall happened to work better and Finland gained 12 IMPs. Meanwhile, in the Closed Room: West North East South Khazanov Koistinen Lebedev Fagerlund — — — Pass Pass 1{ 2{* 5{ Dble All Pass

This was two down on a top heart lead, giving Russia 13 IMPs.

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Koistinen, the Finland North, needed to find a difficult on this slam deal:

Board 15. Dealer South. Neither Vul. [ A J 10 4 ] 2 { K 10 4 3 } J 9 6 5 [ 9 7 3 2 [ K Q 8 ] K J 8 6 4 ] A Q 5 { A 9 { 8 } 4 2 } A K Q 10 7 3 [ 6 5 Igor Khazanov ] 10 9 7 3 RUSSIA { Q J 7 6 5 2 } 8 Koistinen might have leaned towards a diamond lead if his }J-9-6-5 did not give him some hope of Closed Room preventing the establishment of dummy’s clubs for West North East South discards. He led a club and declarer was then able to Khazanov Koistinen Lebedev Fagerlund win, draw trumps and establish the clubs. With the — — — Pass {A intact, he could then lead a spade to set up an Pass Pass 1} Pass entry to the long clubs. 1] Pass 2} Pass In the Open Room: 2] Pass 3] Pass 4{* Pass 4NT* Pass West North East South 5] Pass 6] All Pass Nyberg Prokhorov Leskela Orlov — — — Pass The opening bid was . A club slam would Pass 1[ Dble 2} doubtless have gone down, but Khazanov ended in 2] 3{ 4] All Pass 6]. What should Koistinen lead? A diamond lead was dangerous, yes, but would surely have been effective South’s 2} showed diamonds and Finland stopped on the lie of the cards. Declarer would then need to in game, scoring +450 for 11 IMPs away. take an anti-percentage club finesse to make the slam. Finland’s sequence of wins ended in a narrow loss With good clubs expected in dummy, by 49 IMPs to 43 (11.76 VP to 8.24).

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ICELAND VS NORWAY by Jos Jacobs

Open Teams, Round 10 Brogeland’s 1{ showed either hearts or a black two- suiter. Lindqvist’s 3] thus was not only a heart fit but After Saturday morning’s matches, Norway had a good fit in a black suit as well. I happily leave it to dropped out of the first six by losing heavily against you, dear reader, to discuss with your pet partner the Wales. Iceland had suffered a big defeat at the hands way to reach 4] after this start to the auction. of Croatia, the latter team thus re-entering the top As you can see, declarer’s only entries to dummy six. In Round 10, these two losing Nordic teams were are in trumps so he could not both draw trumps and scheduled to meet each other. play hearts for only one loser. Down two, Norway On the first board, the Icelanders became the victims another +100 and 11 IMPs to start with. of their own system. On board 22, the Norwegians had a strange misunderstanding: Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul. [ 9 5 2 Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul. ] K Q 9 2 [ K 10 9 8 { 7 4 ] A Q 7 6 4 } K 9 7 3 { 10 8 [ J 10 4 [ A K } Q J ] 10 8 7 4 ] A J 6 5 3 [ 7 2 [ J 3 { K J 8 { A Q 10 9 3 ] K ] 8 5 2 } J 6 5 } 4 { A K 7 6 3 { J 9 4 [ Q 8 7 6 3 } 10 5 4 3 2 } A K 9 8 6 ] — [ A Q 6 5 4 { 6 5 2 ] J 10 9 3 } A Q 10 8 2 { Q 5 2 } 7 Open Room West North East South Open Room Charlsen Magnusson Hoftaniska T. Jonsson West North East South Pass 1] 2]* Charlsen Magnusson Hoftaniska T. Jonsson Pass 3[ 4{ Pass Pass Pass 4] All Pass 1{ 1] Pass 3{* Pass 4] All Pass 2] spades and clubs After South’s black-suited overcall, declarer knew 3{ showed a good heart raise, of course, so game how to tackle the trump suit in his normal 4] contract. was easily reached. Iceland +450 when the defenders On a spade lead, Hoftaniska just lost one club and one led trumps and thus did not come to all their tricks in heart trick. Norway +450. the minors. In the other room, the two-way overcall caused havoc: Closed Room Closed Room West North East South West North East South B Jonsson Lindqvist Jorgensen Brogeland B Jonsson Lindqvist Jorgensen Brogeland Pass Pass Pass 1} 1{* 1{ 1] Pass 3}* Dble* 3]* Dble* 3[ All Pass Pass Pass 4{ Pass 5{ All Pass Over the artificial 1{ by West, N/S apparently were not on the same wavelength as to the meaning of 3}: The Norwegians play a type of Crash against 1} so a splinter or a suit. There was no second chance for

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anyone to find out. Down six on a trump lead, Iceland king and what now? South, unsure about the spade another -300 and 13 IMPs to them to take the lead 14-11. position, tried the effect of a low club away from his Iceland handed back these IMPs on the very next board: ace. When declarer played low from dummy, North inserted the eight, thus promoting declarer’s }9 into Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. the surprise game-going trick. Norway +600 and 10 [ 9 7 6 3 2 IMPs in rather than 6 IMPs out. ] Q J 9 Board 28 was about choosing the right moment to { 5 3 double. } K 8 3 [ 5 [ A K 8 Board 28. Dealer West. N/S Vul. ] K 10 8 7 5 ] A 4 [ 7 { Q J 8 7 6 { A 10 2 ] A K 3 } Q 2 } J 9 6 5 4 { K 10 8 6 5 [ Q J 1100 4 } A K 9 3 ] 6 3 2 [ A K Q 8 3 2 [ J { K 9 4 ] 7 5 4 ] 10 9 8 6 2 } A 10 7 { — { A Q J 7 3 } J 7 6 4 } Q 8 In the Closed Room, E/W showed great [ 10 9 6 5 4 understanding about their style: ] Q J { 9 4 2 West North East South } 10 5 2 B Jonsson Lindqvist Jorgensen Brogeland Pass Open Room 2]* Pass 2NT* Pass West North East South 3{ All Pass Charlsen Magnusson Hoftaniska T. Jonsson 4[ Dble All Pass Vulnerable, in 2nd position, West might well have had a much better Polish-style two-suited hand than he North had no option but to double when West actually holds. In that case, 3NT would be laydown or at opened 4[ as dealer. South was happy to pass. least very close to it. So full marks for East’s disciplined North led the ]A, dropping his partner’s queen, and pass of 3{, his partner’s second suit. Iceland +150. continued his }AK in view of dummy. His next move was the ]K which effectively cost a trick. Down just Open Room two, Iceland +300. West North East South Charlsen Magnusson Hoftaniska T. Jonsson Closed Room Pass West North East South 2]* Pass 2NT* Pass B Jonsson Lindqvist Jorgensen Brogeland 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass 1[ Dble Redbl Pass Pass 2{ Dble All Pass Once Charlsen found a very light Polish-style opening bid in second position, vulnerable, the Norwegians This board proved another example of the E/W style. quickly reached 3NT, a contract that would have been On board 23 above, we noted East’s pass of partner’s OK had the {K been blank or doubleton in North. 3{ rebid and here, we see West sitting partner’s Had this been the case, it would have been possible to double of 2{ in spite of his very light opening bid. On not only have nine tricks but also to cash them. the rocks of the distribution, it turned out that 2{ was With the {K in South, declarer has no legitimate unbeatable. Declarer lost a club, a spade and three way to come to nine tricks but apparently, Hoftaniska trump tricks so Norway scored +180 to restrict their found a way the neutralise the spade suit. The play loss on the board to just 3 IMPs. The defensive trick went like this: dropped in the other room against 4[ thus had cost He won the [Q lead with the ace, North playing Iceland 6 more IMPs. the seven, crossed to the ]K and ran the {Q The final score in the match: 27-24 or 10.91 – 9.09 successfully. The next diamond was taken by South’s V.P. to Norway.

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In Round 9 Serbia outscored England 39-20, Open Room primarily because of two slam swings. The first of them West North East South came about as the result of an unfortunate opening Radisic Forrester Zipovski Robson lead (and sufficient funds have changed hands for the — — — Pass guilty party's name to be withheld.) The second was a Pass Pass 1}* 1{* cracker: 1] Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 3]* Pass Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. 4}* Pass 6] All Pass [ A J 10 4 ] 2 1} 15+ HCP 4441 or 18+ HCP or 8+ tricks { K 10 4 3 1{* Diamonds or hearts } J 9 6 5 3] RKCB for hearts [ 9 7 3 2 [ K Q 8 4} 2 key cards, no trump queen ] K J 8 6 4 ] A Q 5 { A 9 { 8 North led the four of diamonds and declarer won with } 4 2 } A K Q 10 7 3 the ace and took the ace and queen of hearts, revealing [ 6 5 the 4-1 break. He cashed the ace of clubs and then ] 10 9 7 3 drew trumps. Backing his judgement, he played a club { Q J 7 6 5 2 to the ten and could claim when South discarded. } 8 South's overcall had given the game away - a wit in the Bulletin Room remarked 'Pity Rooney wasn't sitting South, at least he knows how to Pass.'

FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY TEAMS BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 - POLAND

From 22-28 August 2016, FISU (International University Sports Federation) will organize the

8th World University Bridge Championships in Lodz, Poland.

Teams can be composed of students from different universities and participants must be between 18 and 28 years old.

Entries should be made through the National University Sports Federation.

It is not too late to enter, For all information, please consult: www.unibridge.eu or www.fisu.net or on the WBF website.

All your questions can be answered by contacting: [email protected].

See you in Poland!

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MEET THE MONACO OPEN TEAM

Monaco Open: Geir Helgemo, Krzysztof Martens (coach), Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, , Jean Charles Allavena (playing captain, not in the picture) In the final round of the last European Championship Team Monaco came off just short, getting the silver medals (photo). It's a shame the gold (Israel) and the silver medalists are both affected in the cheating scandal... They entered two pairs for the Championship in Budapest. Geir Helgamo, Tor Helness, Pierre Zimmermann and Franck Multon have been citizens of this small European country only since 2012, and earlier they had had great successes in the national teams of their motherlands. Jean Charles Allavena is the only member of the team, who is not a professional player; he is an engineer in telecommunications and a non-professional politician, a member of the National Council (parliament of Monaco). He is the President of the Foreign Affairs Committee and used to be the leader of the conservative party. Jean Charles Allavena is the President of the Monaco Bridge Federation and organizes the prestigious Cavendish. Krzysztof Martens, a Polish World Champion is the coach of the team. They are certainly one of the favorites to finish on the winners’ stand.

A legutóbbi Európa-bajnokság rájátszásában kis különbséggel alulmaradt Izraellel szemben, így ezüstérmes lett a monacói csapat (a képen). Sajnálatos, hogy a csalási botrány mindkét válogatottat érintette... A két évvel ezelőtti csapatból a budapesti Eb-re két párt nevezett Monaco. Geir Helgemo és Tor Helness, valamint Pierre Zimmermann és Franck Multon csak 2012 óta polgárai a kis európai országnak, korábban szülőföldjük válogatottjaiban arattak sikereket. Jean Charles Allavena az egyetlen nem profi bridzsező a csapatban. Telekommunikációs szakember, „mellékállásban” politikus, a monacói parlament tagja, a külügyi bizottság elnöke, és régebben a konzervatív párt vezetője volt. Allavena a Monacói Bridzs Szövetség elnöke és a nagy presztízsű Cavendish szervezője. Az ezúttal is dobogóra esélyes csapat edzője a lengyel világbajnok Krzysztof Martens. OCO CO S CAVENDISHΎV MONACO,ΎFROMΎ13ΎTOΎ19ΎFEBRUARY,Ύ2017 WWW.CAVENDISH.BRIDGEMONACO.COM

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WWW.CAVENDISH.BRIDGEMONACO.COM 53RD EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Budapest, Hungary HOUDINI by Mark Horton

Harry Houdini was an American illusionist and stunt All Pass performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He was born here in Budapest and in the most famous film about his life he was played by Tony Curtis, whose father was born in Hungary. It is a little known fact that Houdini focused initially on traditional card tricks, at one point, billing himself as the 'King of Cards'. East led the ten of hearts and declarer won in hand, As the Round 12 match between Italy and Belgium played three rounds of trumps, finessing and then set unfolded, escapology would have served one of the up the diamonds, +1430 and 13 IMPs for Italy. teams extremely well. Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul. Board 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul. [ A K Q 9 4 [ K 10 9 8 7 2 ] 10 9 8 ] K 6 2 { K 6 { A 6 } 10 5 3 } Q 4 [ 10 7 6 3 [ J 8 5 2 [ J 5 4 3 [ Q ] A 7 5 ] K 6 ] J 7 5 3 ] 10 9 4 { Q J { A 10 9 7 5 3 2 { 10 2 { Q 9 5 } A K J 7 } — } 10 9 3 } K J 8 7 6 2 [ — [ A 6 ] Q J 4 3 2 ] A Q 8 { 8 4 { K J 8 7 4 3 } Q 9 8 6 4 2 } A 5 Open Room Open Room West North East South West North East South Versace De Donder Lauria De Roos Versace De Donder Lauria De Roos — — — Pass — — Pass 1{ 1NT Pass 2}* Pass Pass 1[ 3} Dble* 2{* Pass 2]* Pass 4} 4[ All Pass 2[ Pass 4[ Pass Pass Dble 5{ Dble Having passed as dealer East was quick to get All Pass involved on the next round. East led the six of clubs and declarer ran that to his 2} Asking queen and played trumps, +680. 2{ Minimum without majors or 4[ 2] Asking Closed Room West North East South E/W had no trouble locating their spade fit, and Engel Gandoglia Coenraets Donati looking at a sitting , North pulled the trigger. — — Pass 1{ East's decision to escape to 5{ would have been Pass 1[ 2} Dble brilliant - except for the fact that West was declarer. Pass 3}* Pass 3{ North started with four rounds of spades and South Pass 3[ Pass 4}* ruffed and exited with a heart. Declarer won with the Pass 4{* Pass 4]* ace and played the queen of diamonds, putting up Pass 5{ Pass 5] the ace when North followed impassively with the six. WWW.CAVENDISH.BRIDGEMONACO.COM Pass 5[ Pass 6[ That was three down, -800.

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Closed Room North led the five of spades and South won with West North East South the ace and returned the three of hearts. Rejecting Engel Gandoglia Coenraets Donati the Rabbi's rule, declarer played low and North won — — — Pass and could cash the king of spades and switch to a club 1}* 1[ 2{ Pass for two down, +500. However, after taking the spade 3NT All Pass king North did not find the club switch, and +200 gave Belgium 11 IMPs. 1} 2+}, 11-21 Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. North led the four of spades and declarer won with the [ 8 3 seven and played the queen of diamonds for the king ] A J 10 and ace. He returned to hand with the jack of diamonds, { K Q 9 3 crossed to dummy with a heart and ran the diamonds. } K Q 10 6 When North parted with a heart South was squeezed in [ K J 7 5 4 [ 10 9 2 hearts and clubs, +720 and 17 IMPs for Belgium. ] 6 5 ] Q 7 2 If declarer cashes the }AK before crossing to { J 6 5 2 { A 10 8 7 4 dummy to run the diamonds the } 8 3 } 9 2 delivers all the tricks. [ A Q 6 ] K 9 8 4 3 Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. { — [ K 6 5 } A J 7 5 4 ] K { Q J 7 4 Open Room } Q J 6 4 2 West North East South [ 3 2 [ 10 Versace De Donder Lauria De Roos ] A J 10 9 7 6 4 2 ] Q — — — 1] { 9 { A K 8 6 5 3 2 Pass 2}* Pass 3} } 9 3 } A 8 7 5 Pass 3] Pass 5{* [ A Q J 9 8 7 4 Pass 6} Pass 7} ] 8 5 3 All Pass { 10 } K 10 2} Game forcing 5{ Exclusion Blackwood Open Room 6} 2 key cards +}Q West North East South Versace De Donder Lauria De Roos East led the four of diamonds and declarer ruffed in 4] Pass Pass 4[ dummy, played a club to the king, ruffed a diamond, Pass Pass Dble All Pass played a club to the queen, cashed the ace of hearts and ran the ten, +2140. The swashbuckling Finns West led the ace of hearts and switched to the nine were the only other team to record that score. of diamonds (on a second heart declarer ruffs high, comes to hand with a trump and can then ruff another Closed Room heart). East won with the ace and returned the two, West North East South but declarer ruffed high, drew trumps and played on Engel Gandoglia Coenraets Donati clubs, +790. — — — 1] Pass 2}* Pass 3NT* Closed Room Pass 4] All Pass West North East South Engel Gandoglia Coenraets Donati 2} Game forcing 4] Pass Pass 4[ 3NT 5]+5}, 11-13 Pass Pass 5{ Pass Pass Dble 5] Pass That cost Italy 16 IMPs. Pass Dble All Pass

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Board 27. Dealer South. None Vul. South led the king of diamonds and declarer won [ A K J with dummy's ace, pitched a spade on the ace of clubs, ] K 4 ruffed a club and played the ten of diamonds. North { Q 7 6 4 3 returned a diamond and declarer won and claimed } K Q 4 +420. [ — [ Q 9 8 6 4 2 ] 10 9 7 3 2 ] A J 8 6 Closed Room { A 5 { J 10 9 West North East South } A J 10 9 7 5 } — Engel Gandoglia Coenraets Donati [ 10 7 5 3 — — — Pass ] Q 5 1} Dble 1[ Pass { K 8 2 2} 2NT All Pass } 8 6 3 2 East led the six of spades and declarer won with the Open Room jack and played a diamond for the nine, king and ace. West North East South The return of the three of hearts was taken by East Versace De Donder Lauria De Roos with the ace and went back to spades, the nine losing — — — Pass to North's king. Two rounds of diamonds put East back Pass 1{ 1[ Pass on play and when he made the mistake of returning 2} Pass 2] Pass a third spade declarer could win, cash the diamonds 4{* Pass 4] All Pass and play a top club. West had thrown too many clubs away so declarer emerged with an overtrick, +150 and 11 IMPs to Italy.

Board 31. Dealer South. N/S Vul. [ A K Q 9 ] 6 2 { A J 3 2 } A K 2 [ 10 [ 7 4 3 ] A Q J 4 ] 9 8 7 5 { Q 9 8 7 6 { 4 } J 6 5 } 10 9 8 4 3 [ J 8 6 5 2 ] K 10 3 { K 10 5 } Q 7

Open Room West North East South Versace De Donder Lauria De Roos — — — Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3]* Pass 3[* Pass 4[ All Pass

3] Transfer 3[ At least three spades

East led his diamond and declarer won with the jack, drew trumps and played a diamond to the king. With Alessandro Gandoglia nothing at stake, he came to hand with a club and ITALY played a heart to the king, +650.

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Closed Room West North East South Engel Gandoglia Coenraets Donati — — — Pass Pass 2}* Pass 2]* Pass 2[ Pass 3{ Pass 3[ Pass 4{ Pass 4] Pass 4[ Pass 6[ All Pass

2} Forcing to game except after 2}-2{-2NT 2] Positive, 5+[

I'm not sure about the precise meaning of the later bids - perhaps 4]was . Would East find the heart lead? No, out came the four of diamonds and declarer won with the jack. He drew trumps and played a diamond to the king, East pitching the four of clubs. Giovanni Donati When declarer crossed to hand with a club and played ITALY a heart to the king he was one down, 13 IMPs to Belgium. This was easily the most exciting set of deals so Should declarer have read anything into the absence far and despite the one sided result, it reflected great of a double of 4] by East? If he had been confident credit on both teams - I could easily have reported the ace of hearts was offside he could have cashed two deals where both teams bid and made slams as three rounds of clubs followed by two trumps. The last well as three of four other boards. It was just one of these would see West, down to ]AQ {Q8, caught of those matches where one team could not escape in a red suit squeeze. their fate.

Whatever, Belgium had another 13 IMPs and had []{} won 79-25, 19.52-0.48.

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NO HAPPY ENDING FOR THE BALE OF BRIDGE by Jan van Cleeff

Gareth Bale is known as the world’s most expensive that ]A was off-side. Zack played three top spades soccer player. Two years ago Real Madrid bought the from dummy - West pitching a heart and a diamond Welsh player for a mere 104 million Euros. Patrick – followed by a diamond to the ace and the {10, Jourdain, another mainstay of Welsh sports, has the covered by West and North. Declarer cashed three reputation of being the most expensive bridge player rounds of clubs and a fourth round of spade. At this of his country since for decades most of his decisions point Gareth already felt the heat when he pitched at the table do pay out handsomely. No wonder that ]J: his team mates nicknamed him “Gareth’. [ — Israel v. Wales ] 6 2 Board 31 of Round 12, Open series, Gareth was on { J 3 his way to another great result. In the end however } — this tale of the Bale of Bridge had no happy ending; [ — [ — for Wales that is. ] A Q ] 9 7 { 9 8 { — Board 31. Dealer South. N/S Vul. } — } 10 9 [ A K Q 9 [ 8 ] 6 2 ] K 10 { A J 3 2 { 5 } A K 2 } — [ 10 [ 7 4 3 ] A Q J 4 ] 9 8 7 5 When declarer advanced the final spade West had to { Q 9 8 7 6 { 4 give in: he bared his]A. Zack played a heart, pitched } J 6 5 } 10 9 8 4 3 a diamond from dummy and claimed 12 tricks. No [ J 8 6 5 2 happy ending for Jourdain this time due to great ] K 10 3 declar er play. { K 10 5 } Q 7

West North East South Jourdain Barel Jones Zack — — — Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3]* Pass(!) 4}* Pass 4{* Pass 5{* Pass 6[ All Pass

3] Transfer 4} Control, max 4{ Control 5{ Control

Excellent bidding by everybody. West wisely didn’t reveal his heart holding when he refrained from doubling the transfer and NS smartly rightsided the slam. Still there was a lot of work to do for Yaniff Zack. Yaniv Zack When West led [10 declarer immediately realized ISRAEL

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ENGLAND VS MONACO by Ram Soffer

Open Teams, Round 8 West North East South Robson Multon Forrester Martens A low scoring match Pass 3} Pass 3NT 4}* High scoring matches are usually very entertaining 4{ 4] 5} Pass for both commentators and readers, but big swings Pass 5{ Pass 5[ are often the outcome of avoidable mistakes, so two Pass Pass Dble All Pass strong teams are more likely to produce a low scoring match, which is what happened when England (bronze It seems that Martens and Multon were not exactly medallists in 2014) met Monaco (silver medallists). on the same wavelength regarding the meaning of The same 16 deals (admittedly not of the most the 4} bid, but they made the correct competitive exciting variety) produced, for example, a 49:31 score decision. Declarer drew trumps and ruffed out East's line between Spain and the Czech Republic, but in our hearts, so that Forrester's three aces were the only match there was only one swing above 3 IMPs: tricks for the defence. England +200 – at this table the par score was reached, but Monaco gained 11 Board 23. Dealer South. All Vul. IMPs. A look at the other matches shows that several [ K Q 10 7 East/West pairs didn't do as well as Forrester/Robson, ] K 8 4 since there were plenty of +620, +650 and +790 { K J 5 2 scores North/South's way. } Q 6 Remarkably, this was the only gain for Monaco over [ 5 [ A 8 the first 15 boards, while England slowly accumulated ] 6 ] J 10 9 5 six mini-swings, also totalling 11 IMPs. So it was all { Q 10 7 4 { A 9 6 3 square going into the final deal. } K 10 8 7 5 3 2 } A J 4 [ J 9 6 4 3 2 ] A Q 7 3 2 { 8 } 9

West North East South Helgemo Gold Helness Bakhshi Pass 3} Pass 3NT 4}* 4{ 4[ 5} Pass Pass Dble All Pass

Helgemo opened a vulnerable 3}, and his partner voluntarily bid a game. Even though 3NT is often bid with weak hands (however mostly non-vulnerable) and 4} may be stronger, there is no way for North to know who owns the hand. After South intervened, Helgemo showed his diamond side-suit and Helness bid 5}, passed by South who had nothing more to say. I find it hard to understand Gold's decision to double, as he possesses at most one defensive trick. Indeed, Helgemo had little trouble making 11 tricks by drawing trumps and leading the {Q from his hand. Monaco +750. ENGLAND

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Board 32. Dealer West. E/W Vul. However, at the other table Helgemo-Helness had [ Q 8 absolutely no reason to bid more than two with their ] Q J 10 9 3 combined 16-count. Still, perfect defence would { K 5 3 have prevailed. Bakhshi played a diamond upon } A J 9 winning the ]A and Gold continued the suit. After [ K 5 4 3 2 [ 10 9 6 winning the }A North correctly played a third round ] K 7 ] 4 2 of diamonds preparing a promotion for his [Q. { A J 10 { 8 7 4 However, his partner failed to appreciate this, playing } 6 5 2 } K Q 10 4 3 low on the first round of trumps. Now Helgemo killed [ A J 7 the potential promotion by winning the [K and ] A 8 6 5 continuing trumps, so Monaco barely scraped home. { Q 9 6 2 Making 2[ gave them 2 IMPs and the match. } 8 7 With apparently so little drama, let us review some West North East South of the more interesting deals which failed to produce Helgemo Gold Helness Bakhshi any swing. 1[ Pass 2[ All Pass Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul. West North East South [ J 4 Robson Multon Forrester Martens ] A 10 7 Pass 1] Pass 2NT* { 10 5 4 3 2 Pass 3] Pass 4] } A J 10 All Pass [ Q 2 [ A 9 8 7 6 ] 8 4 2 ] 6 5 All four England players, clearly in slow accumulation { Q J { A K 8 mode, passed throughout at both tables, evidently } K 8 7 5 4 3 } 9 6 2 hoping for their opponents to overbid and fail by [ K 10 5 3 one trick, which is exactly what happened to Multon- ] K Q J 9 3 Martens when the trump finesse was offside so that { 9 7 6 the 4] game based on two balanced hands totalling } Q 24 HCP couldn't make. West North East South Helgemo Gold Helness Bakhshi Robson Multon Forrester Martens Pass Pass 1[ Pass 1NT All Pass

Identical bidding at both tables led to identical results. Both Helgemo and Robson were powerless against the cruel club distribution. They had to be satisfied with their four top tricks, conceding -300 at both tables. This was by no means the standard result across the field. Most North/South pairs entered the bidding, bidding and making a part score, while a few of them overbid to game and failed. Both South players should be given credit here for some fine judgement in the seat.

[]{} ENGLAND

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again in order to reach his two spade discards, later losing one spade and two hearts tricks. Thus both table ended up +200 for N/S for no swing. Notably, eight teams registered +750 scores with the East/West cards, while only four East/West pairs managed to take all their potential tricks against 5{ doubled.

Finally, another 5{ hand, this time with some variety in the auction.

Board 30. Dealer East. None Vul. Tor Helness [ 10 7 6 5 2 MONACO ] 9 6 5 4 { 6 Board 29. Dealer North. All Vul. } A J 3 [ A 8 6 [ 8 3 [ Q J ] A J 9 8 7 2 ] J 2 ] K Q 3 { 6 { A Q J 10 9 5 3 { K 8 7 4 2 } A 5 4 } K 4 } Q 8 2 [ Q 7 5 4 2 [ 10 9 3 [ A K 9 4 ] 4 ] Q 10 5 ] A 10 8 7 { A J 3 { K Q 10 9 7 5 2 { — } K Q 3 2 } — } 10 9 7 6 5 [ K J ] K 6 3 West North East South { 8 4 Helgemo Gold Helness Bakhshi } J 10 9 8 7 6 1{ Dble Rdbl 2[ Pass 3[ West North East South 5{ All Pass Helgemo Gold Helness Bakhshi

Robson Multon Forrester Martens West North East South 1] 3{ 3] Robson Multon Forrester Martens 5{ Dble All Pass 1} Pass 2}* Pass 2{ Pass Once again identical bidding led to the par contract. 3{ Pass 3] Pass Indeed, at most tables East/West made the correct 4{ Pass 5{ All Pass decision not to defend against a cold 4] contract. However, reaching the par score (N/S +500) meant Despite East/West holding the majority of the high that North should win the opening lead with the ]A card points, North/South are cold for 4[ (in fact and then switch to a small spade, a very tough defence. a small heart lead from East is required in order to Gold switched to a trump, and now Helness may prevent them from making 5). Nevertheless, in this have missed a golden chance when he won a ruffing championship nobody bid and made a game with the finesse in clubs, restricting his losses to -200. Instead North/South cards, and +100 was close to average he could have tried a small club from dummy, when for this board. At both tables the defenders didn't North can't be absolutely sure whether East holds waste time taking their four obvious tricks against 5{. a stiff }J or not. Of course, going up with the }A As for the auction, the natural 1{ opening at trick three allows declarer to ruff two hearts and of Helgemo/Helness allowed their opponents discard two spades on the }KQ, making +750. to compete, but Gold/Bakhshi subsided in 3[, At the other table Martens led a trump. Forrester while Forrester's 1} bid (and his partner's artificial won in dummy and led }2. Multon erred by playing 2} response) persuaded Multon-Martens to pass the ace, but in this case it was not fatal, as declarer throughout. As the Englishmen were committed to a could not yet ruff hearts, so he had to play trumps hopeless game, no damage was incurred.

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1 ROMANIA FINLAND 49 68 5.20 14.80 2 SERBIA GERMANY 37 66 3.42 16.58 3 ICELAND LATVIA 85 40 18.66 1.34 4 NETHERLANDS HUNGARY 57 38 14.80 5.20 5 ESTONIA GEORGIA 55 19 17.59 2.41 6 GREECE POLAND 51 26 15.92 4.08 7 CZECH REPUBLIC SWITZERLAND 61 32 16.58 3.42 8 ENGLAND AUSTRIA 51 50 10.31 9.69 9 RUSSIA BELARUS 62 40 15.38 4.62 10 CROATIA FRANCE 31 90 0.07 19.93 11 CYPRUS TURKEY 18 80 0.00 20.00 12 ISRAEL WALES 50 46 11.20 8.80 13 DENMARK FAROE ISLANDS 66 54 13.28 6.72 14 PORTUGAL SWEDEN 35 72 2.28 17.72 15 SCOTLAND IRELAND 66 51 13.97 6.03 16 BULGARIA SPAIN 49 20 16.58 3.42 17 MONACO UKRAINE 50 31 14.80 5.20 18 BELGIUM ITALY 83 25 19.85 0.15

ROUND 12 19 NORWAY Bye 0 0 12 0.00 1 SERBIA ROMANIA 51 20 16.88 3.12 2 ICELAND FINLAND 39 29 12.80 7.20 RANKING 3 LATVIA GERMANY 25 55 3.27 16.73 4 NETHERLANDS SWITZERLAND 19 35 5.82 14.18 AFTER ROUND 15 5 ESTONIA HUNGARY 4 24 5.00 15.00 6 GREECE GEORGIA 49 50 9.69 10.31 1 FRANCE 228.40 7 CZECH REPUBLIC POLAND 33 41 7.71 12.29 2 GERMANY 210.30 8 ENGLAND TURKEY 25 40 6.03 13.97 3 SWEDEN 195.47 9 RUSSIA AUSTRIA 33 29 11.20 8.80 10 CROATIA BELARUS 54 19 17.45 2.55 4 MONACO 192.82 11 CYPRUS FRANCE 25 52 3.74 16.26 5 NORWAY 180.81 12 ISRAEL IRELAND 44 35 12.55 7.45 13 DENMARK WALES 37 42 8.52 11.48 6 FINLAND 179.58 14 PORTUGAL FAROE ISLANDS 59 62 9.09 10.91 7 ENGLAND 179.21 15 SCOTLAND SWEDEN 17 51 2.69 17.31 16 BULGARIA NORWAY 13 69 0.31 19.69 8 BULGARIA 177.09 17 MONACO SPAIN 51 18 16.57 2.43 9 ITALY 176.90 18 BELGIUM UKRAINE 38 39 9.69 10.31 10 NETHERLANDS 176.79 ROUND 13 19 ITALY Bye 0 0 12 0.00 1 MONACO BELGIUM 81 13 20.00 0.00 11 IRELAND 174.94 2 LATVIA BULGARIA 21 55 2.69 17.31 12 POLAND 174.91 3 ITALY DENMARK 45 42 10.91 9.09 13 WALES 174.50 4 NORWAY PORTUGAL 37 32 11.48 8.52 5 SPAIN SCOTLAND 32 8 15.74 4.26 14 ISRAEL 174.21 6 UKRAINE ISRAEL 28 50 4.62 15.38 15 CROATIA 163.02 7 SWEDEN RUSSIA 40 46 8.24 11.76 8 IRELAND CROATIA 51 23 16.42 3.58 16 HUNGARY 162.91 9 WALES CYPRUS 59 28 16.88 3.12 17 ICELAND 160.08 10 FAROE ISLANDS ENGLAND 39 54 6.03 13.97 11 FRANCE ESTONIA 65 16 19.07 0.93 18 DENMARK 154.59 12 TURKEY GREECE 42 35 12.03 7.97 19 TURKEY 151.90 13 AUSTRIA CZECH REPUBLIC 63 25 17.85 2.15 14 BELARUS NETHERLANDS 18 57 2.03 17.97 20 SPAIN 151.22 15 POLAND ICELAND 22 68 1.23 18.77 21 BELGIUM 150.20 16 SWITZERLAND FINLAND 22 58 2.41 17.59 17 HUNGARY SERBIA 65 49 14.18 5.82 22 ROMANIA 142.61 18 GEORGIA GERMANY 46 68 4.62 15.38 23 SERBIA 142.45 ROUND 14 19 ROMANIA Bye 0 0 12 0.00 24 AUSTRIA 137.77 1 ROMANIA MONACO 6 42 2.41 17.59 25 GREECE 137.50 2 BULGARIA BELGIUM 51 26 15.92 4.08 3 ITALY ISRAEL 22 18 11.20 8.80 26 RUSSIA 131.30 4 NORWAY DENMARK 18 36 5.40 14.60 27 UKRAINE 125.91 5 SPAIN PORTUGAL 46 31 13.97 6.03 6 UKRAINE SCOTLAND 52 12 18.09 1.91 28 CZECH REP. 123.75 7 SWEDEN ENGLAND 37 25 13.28 6.72 29 FAROE ISLANDS 118.21 8 IRELAND RUSSIA 40 30 12.80 7.20 9 WALES CROATIA 11 9 10.61 9.39 30 ESTONIA 118.05 10 FAROE ISLANDS CYPRUS 86 14 20.00 0.00 31 SWITZERLAND 116.94 11 FRANCE NETHERLANDS 39 25 13.75 6.25 12 TURKEY ESTONIA 51 27 15.74 4.26 32 GEORGIA 111.25 13 AUSTRIA GREECE 15 38 4.44 15.56 33 PORTUGAL 107.58 14 BELARUS CZECH REPUBLIC 24 32 7.71 12.29 15 POLAND GERMANY 21 33 6.72 13.28 34 BELARUS 105.47 16 SWITZERLAND ICELAND 40 56 5.82 14.18 35 LATVIA 95.08 17 HUNGARY FINLAND 29 7 15.38 4.62 18 GEORGIA SERBIA 46 47 9.69 10.31 36 CYPRUS 86.59

ROUND 15 19 LATVIA Bye 0 0 12 0.00 37 SCOTLAND 83.19

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21 FRANCE ESTONIA 82 29 19.43 0.57 22 RUSSIA SPAIN 74 53 15.19 4.81 23 SCOTLAND DENMARK 53 35 14.60 5.40 24 SAN MARINO POLAND 18 68 0.84 19.16 25 NETHERLANDS PORTUGAL 50 46 11.20 8.80 26 FINLAND SWEDEN 56 32 15.74 4.26 27 BULGARIA TURKEY 31 63 2.97 17.03 28 SERBIA ITALY 71 32 17.97 2.03 29 ENGLAND HUNGARY 40 28 13.28 6.72 30 ISRAEL IRELAND 52 17 17.45 2.55 31 GREECE GERMANY 72 40 17.03 2.97

ROUND 1 32 NORWAY Bye 0 0 12 0.00

21 ISRAEL FRANCE 48 22 16.09 3.91 22 GREECE RUSSIA 10 43 2.83 17.17 23 FINLAND SCOTLAND 11 49 2.15 17.85 RANKING 24 ENGLAND SAN MARINO 65 15 19.16 0.84 AFTER ROUND 4 25 SWEDEN NORWAY 66 8 19.85 0.15 26 GERMANY BULGARIA 55 33 15.38 4.62 1 ISRAEL 67.07 27 IRELAND SERBIA 47 43 11.20 8.80 2 TURKEY 60.95 28 HUNGARY NETHERLANDS 28 19 12.55 7.45 29 ITALY DENMARK 25 35 7.20 12.80 3 ENGLAND 59.16 30 TURKEY SPAIN 59 38 15.19 4.81 4 POLAND 58.36 31 PORTUGAL POLAND 10 47 2.28 17.72 5 RUSSIA 55.60 ROUND 2 32 ESTONIA Bye 0 0 12 0.00 6 FRANCE 55.06 21 SWEDEN FRANCE 18 25 7.97 12.03 22 HUNGARY RUSSIA 47 22 15.92 4.08 7 NORWAY 52.15 23 IRELAND SCOTLAND 26 47 4.81 15.19 8 SCOTLAND 48.48 24 GERMANY SAN MARINO 66 14 19.34 0.66 9 HUNGARY 48.23 25 ITALY ENGLAND 28 16 13.28 6.72 26 TURKEY FINLAND 56 26 16.73 3.27 10 DENMARK 47.94 27 ESTONIA NORWAY 21 81 0.00 20.00 11 GERMANY 43.51 28 PORTUGAL ISRAEL 17 40 4.44 15.56 29 POLAND NETHERLANDS 24 19 11.48 8.52 12 NETHERLANDS 42.55 30 DENMARK SERBIA 52 36 14.18 3.82 13 SWEDEN 39.04 31 SPAIN BULGARIA 21 31 6.20 12.80 14 SERBIA 35.21 ROUND 3 32 GREECE Bye 0 0 12 0.00 15 GREECE 33.89 21 SERBIA NETHERLANDS 37 59 4.62 15.38 22 BULGARIA NORWAY 1 89 0.00 20.00 16 IRELAND 32.74 23 ESTONIA POLAND 14 14 10.00 10.00 17 PORTUGAL 31.44 24 SPAIN DENMARK 10 33 4.44 15.56 25 PORTUGAL ITALY 38 13 15.92 4.08 18 ITALY 26.59 26 HUNGARY SWEDEN 24 13 13.04 6.96 19 ESTONIA 22.57 27 IRELAND GERMANY 34 18 14.18 5.82 28 FINLAND ENGLAND 0 63 0.00 20.00 20 FINLAND 21.16 29 GREECE ISRAEL 15 54 2.03 17.97 21 BULGARIA 20.39 30 SAN MARINO FRANCE 2 58 0.31 19.69 22 SPAIN 20.26 31 SCOTLAND RUSSIA 17 67 0.84 19.16

ROUND 4 32 TURKEY Bye 0 0 12 0.00 23 SAN MARINO 2.65

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41 POLAND SPAIN 75 9 20.00 0.00 42 HUNGARY NORWAY 70 53 14.39 5.61 43 ROMANIA SWEDEN 45 38 12.03 7.97 44 DENMARK ESTONIA 30 57 3.74 16.26 45 AUSTRIA TURKEY 52 54 9.39 10.61 46 IRELAND ISRAEL 34 32 10.61 9.39 47 PORTUGAL BULGARIA 31 81 0.84 19.16 48 ENGLAND FINLAND 56 37 14.80 5.20 49 BELGIUM NETHERLANDS 23 48 4.08 15.92 50 ITALY GERMANY 104 19 20.00 0.00 51 WALES FRANCE 28 62 2.69 17.31

ROUND 1 52 SCOTLAND SERBIA 32 42 7.20 12.80 41 WALES POLAND 22 39 5.61 14.39 RANKING 42 ENGLAND HUNGARY 30 49 5.20 14.80 43 ESTONIA NORWAY 37 47 7.20 12.80 AFTER ROUND 4 44 ITALY ROMANIA 42 34 12.29 7.71 45 FRANCE PORTUGAL 19 55 2.41 17.59 1 ITALY 59.62 46 GERMANY DENMARK 10 33 4.44 15.56 2 DENMARK 58.37 47 NETHERLANDS AUSTRIA 3 54 0.75 19.25 3 ISRAEL 57.77 48 FINLAND IRELAND 19 39 5.00 15.00 49 BULGARIA SPAIN 35 43 7.21 11.79 4 HUNGARY 56.37 50 ISRAEL SWEDEN 45 31 13.75 6.25 5 AUSTRIA 52.52 51 TURKEY SCOTLAND 16 53 2.28 17.72

ROUND 2 52 SERBIA BELGIUM 11 78 0.00 20.00 6 ESTONIA 51.23 7 BULGARIA 48.98 41 NETHERLANDS POLAND 22 12 12.80 7.20 42 GERMANY HUNGARY 52 50 10.61 9.39 8 IRELAND 48.16 43 SPAIN PORTUGAL 37 25 13.28 6.72 9 SWEDEN 45.42 44 FINLAND ROMANIA 41 16 15.92 4.08 45 BULGARIA ITALY 48 51 9.09 10.91 10 POLAND 45.17 46 ISRAEL BELGIUM 60 9 19.25 0.75 11 ENGLAND 44.04 47 TURKEY ENGLAND 45 27 14.60 5.40 48 ESTONIA WALES 35 11 15.74 4.26 12 FRANCE 42.06 49 SWEDEN IRELAND 38 34 11.20 8.80 13 ROMANIA 38.62 50 SCOTLAND AUSTRIA 29 60 3.12 13.88 14 FINLAND 36.12 51 NORWAY DENMARK 1 98 0.00 20.00

ROUND 3 52 FRANCE SERBIA 42 21 15.19 4.81 15 SCOTLAND 36.01 16 GERMANY 33.07 41 POLAND ITALY 2 30 3.58 16.42 42 HUNGARY WALES 53 13 18.09 1.91 17 NETHERLANDS 30.40 43 ROMANIA BELGIUM 47 28 14.80 5.20 18 BELGIUM 30.03 44 FRANCE IRELAND 17 31 6.25 13.75 45 GERMANY PORTUGAL 41 4 17.72 2.28 19 SPAIN 29.69 46 NETHERLANDS DENMARK 8 57 0.93 19.07 20 PORTUGAL 27.43 47 FINLAND AUSTRIA 23 23 10.00 10.00 48 BULGARIA NORWAY 49 36 13.52 6.48 21 TURKEY 27.19 49 ISRAEL SPAIN 58 36 15.38 4.62 22 NORWAY 24.89 50 TURKEY SWEDEN 9 71 0.00 20.00 51 ESTONIA SCOTLAND 24 17 12.03 7.97 23 SERBIA 17.37

ROUND 4 52 SERBIA ENGLAND 8 60 0.66 19.34 24 WALES 14.47

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